SOC301Y1 Lecture : Lecture notes
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Income has gone down substantially if you divide incomes into quintiles. The share of the highest quintile rose while the lowest quintiles income dropped. The large quintile receives a large portion of the income in canada. In the us these inequalities have reached a point that has not been seen since the great depression: 6 million dollars ceo incomes in 2010, they have increased about 13% - the highest. Ceo pay received was by edward samson @ 6 474 716 dollars. There is a glass ceiling but there is also a glass floor, you can t seem to sink back after. 30 work days in addition to stat holidays. These types of inequalities can be found across different groups. Canada is a the bottom of the pack in terms of paid vacation and stat holidays. If we work together create equality, - what share of the economic distribution should the individual get>
